You’ll have to forgive Brian Stum if he gets a little emotional on opening day in September. Then again, it’s been so long, maybe he won’t. One thing is for certain. It won’t be just another game for the Waynesboro Indians varsity soccer team.

Lee Goodwin

WAYNESBORO — You’ll have to forgive Brian Stum if he gets a little emotional on opening day in September. Then again, it’s been so long, maybe he won’t.One thing is for certain. It won’t be just another game for the Waynesboro Indians varsity soccer team.Stum, 48, became just the fourth coach in Tribe soccer history on Tuesday night, replacing Doug Beckner — who succeeded the second coach in team history (Steve Tanner) — as the team’s head boy’s varsity coach.Stum is the son of Bob Stum, who was the first coach in team history dating back to the early 1960s. He retired following the 1996 season. The boys soccer program is entering its 50th season this coming fall.“Soccer’s been in my blood ever since I was a little kid,” said Brian Stum, who was formally approved at Tuesday’s Waynesboro Area School District meeting. “Soccer was a love of my father’s and bled into me.I worked very hard at the sport when I played. I was fortunate to have God-given talent. The main thing my father instilled in me is a work ethic. The one thing he said that stuck with me was, ‘Talent that works will always prevail over talent that doesn’t work.’”Brian Stum, who has coached youth soccer for the past six years, was a standout player for Waynesboro from 1979 to 1982. He was a four-year varsity starter and played center/midfield under his father. Stum earned Blue Mountain League MVP, was first-team All-State and was an All-Mid-Atlantic selection comprised of numerous states in the region. He was also selected to several national travel teams.“We are very pleased to introduce Brian as our new coach,” said WASHS athletic director Eric McIlquham. “Brian has been involved in soccer here in the Waynesboro area all his life and brings a wealth of experience and success to our fields.“Coach Stum has honed his coaching skills at the youth level, winning championships in 2009, 2011 and 2012 for his Division I and Premier Level teams.”Stum said he thought about the prospect of coaching varsity soccer beginning about five years ago.“I really enjoy this,” he said. “I enjoy working with the kids and developing players. My first order of business will be developing the program. We need an assistant coach. I’ll look at soccer programs from youth on up and develop coaches to develop kids.”

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